Nurses on the front line : when disaster strikes, 1878-2010 / / Barbra Mann Wall, Arlene Keeling ; editors

• Pubblicazione: New York, NY, : Springer, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Disciplina: 610.73/49
• Soggetto topico: Disaster nursing - United States - History; Nursing - United States - History
• Altri autori: WallBarbra Mann KeelingArlene Wynbeek <1948->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Nurses on the Front Line When Disaster Strikes, 1878-2010; The 1878 Yellow Fever Epidemic in Mississippi:"For God's Sake, Send Us Some Nurses and Doctors"; The 1900 Galveston Hurricane: "Unspeakable Calamity"; The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, 1906: "A Lifetime of Experience"; The Monongah Mine Disaster, December 1907: "A Roar Like a Thousand Niagaras"; Nurses' Response Across Geographic Boundaries in the Halifax Disaster, December 6, 1917: Border Cr; The Boston Instructive District Nurses Association and the 1918 Influenza Epidemic: "Intelligent Co ; The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot and the "Angels of Mercy"The New London, Texas, School Explosion, 1937: "Unparalleled Disaster"; The 1942 Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire: Out of the Ashes; The Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964: Lessons in Leadership; Gendered Notions of Expertise and Bravery: New York City 2001; A Tale of Two Shelters: A Katrina Story, 2005; Striving for the "New Normal": The Aftermath of International Disasters; Conclusion; NOTES; 159; xix,; xix,; 34
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines how nurses have responded to natural and man-made disasters in the in the US and Canada over the course of the previous and current centuries. It identifies the care delivered during various disasters; explicates how nurses at the local level intersected with the American Red Cross (ARC), American Nurses Association (ANA), the U.S. Public Health Service, and other federal/state organizations; describes how this intersection changed over time; and analyzes how issues of race, class, and gender influenced the ways nurses and other health care professionals responded to disaste
• Titolo autorizzato: Nurses on the front line
• ISBN: 1-282-76443-8; 9786612764431; 0-8261-0520-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812461303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II